The difference is that one country does not try to halt or impede the progress of India's national initiatives or development while the other actively tried and still continues to this day.
And don't forget that USSR/Russia unconditionally gave material food aid to India without asking anything in return while USA tried to exact its pound in flesh for such aid.
Sure Russia has its own dark side but I'd take Russia over the US any day any time of the week any part of the year without batting an eyelash.
Bhaiya ..my Grandfather was a botanist who was involved in Post Independence Food Research, he worked mostly on Rice Cultivation research. It was American Technical Assistance that helped India in food security ( Dr Swaminathan and Co went to Houston University); it was Indian Grain during Green Revolution that went to Soviet Union in exchange of Guns and Weapons. They didn't do it for the love or because they loved Jimmy Jimmy song of Rishi Kapoor; it was exchange of material and goods that's it.
USSR/Russia is nothing but a thuggish mafia fascist state..where if you dare to say shit against their leaderji you will cease to see nextday sunrise. Sure American State is hypocritical on lot of instances but they also acknowledge some of their fuckups from time to time if not most of the time.
The only edge Russia has is cheap and some what durable weapons and that's it.
Also read up on the 1971 war especially the released recordings of Nixon and Kissenger where they talked shit on India and how they wanted to hurt India.
Recently declassified White House tapes reveal how President Nixon’s racism and misogyny led him to ignore the genocidal violence of the Pakistani military in what is today Bangladesh.
www.nytimes.com
Here is Americans ownings up to the racism that was done during Nixon's time. But where is Russia's apology for spreading destructive Communist Ideology and controlling India's State Apparatus through KGB and its spies in the country.
Sure Russia has its own dark side but I'd take Russia over the US any day any time of the week any part of the year without batting an eyelash.
Which part of the LCA Tejas Development Program came from the Russian ? As far I know it was the technical assistance of US Companies like Raytheon etc that was involved in it.
Also is America responsible for the flying coffins of IAF of Mig 21s ? Why do you think IAF is trying to get away from Russian Aircrafts either using French/US/Israeli or Self-Developed Platforms..
All I am trying to saying if you want to scrunize the Americans, Brits or Israel etc. then same must be done for Russia also..